This document is a sequel to a report entitled Angola: Freedom of expression under threat, which Amnesty International published in November 1999. The 1999 report outlined the cases of some 25 journalists who had been interrogated, detained, threatened or assaulted in connection with their work since January 1999. The present report takes up the story. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the issue of disbarring defence lawyers.
This document is a sequel to a report entitled Angola: Freedom of expression under threat, which Amnesty International published in November 1999. The 1999 report outlined the cases of some 25 journalists who had been interrogated, detained, threatened or assaulted in connection with their work since January 1999. The present report takes up the story. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the issue of disbarring defence lawyers.